Kymenlaakso GoGlo
Global Growth & Business Networks
The main goal of the Kymenlaakso GoGlo project is to support the vitality and competitiveness of the region, as well as to create sustainable, scalable, and international business in the area to improve the economic diversity and competitiveness of Kymenlaakso.
Scalable and International business to Kymenlaakso!
New business opportunities and support from network to internationalization!
Kymenlaakso GoGlo – Globan Growth & Business Networks -project supports new international talents and entrepreneurs, their innovations, and new business opportunities, helping them integrate more closely into the Kymenlaakso region and grow a network for same minded people interested in international business.
Enhance your company’s ability to internationalize by networking!
Event
LinkedIn as a sales tool – Online training
27.1.2025–12.2.2026
Want to get real sales and new customers from LinkedIn? Join our…
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Join GoGlo-mentoring
3.2.2025–2.6.2026
Do you have a business idea, career plans, or a desire to…
Event
Myynnin Kasvuvalmennus Kymenlaaksossa
3.3.–14.4.2026
Törkeää kilpailuetua modernin myynnin opein. Myynnin Kasvuvalmennus tarjoaa kymenlaaksolaisille yrityksille konkreettiset työkalut…
KEY ACTIONS
- Creating international and scalable business in the Kymenlaakso region: The project’s goal is to support the emergence of new, innovative, and international businesses in the area.
- Increasing the internationalization skills of local companies: Providing training, mentoring, and networking opportunities that enhance companies’ readiness to internationalize and scale.
- Improving opportunities for foreign professionals in the region to create businesses: Creating easily accessible English-language ideation events, low-threshold sparring, and mentoring to lower the barrier to entrepreneurship.
- Strengthening networking between local companies, business operators, and those interested in scalable business: Organizing events and occasions that promote networking and cooperation between local and international actors.
- Promoting cultural understanding and diversity in local businesses: Offering training and coaching that improve the cultural competence of local companies and their readiness to operate in international markets.
Target groups
- Immigrants acting and living in Kymenlaakso:
- University students
- Individuals interested of International and Scalable business
- Students spouses
2. Individuals and companies in Kymenlaakso who are interested in:
- Internationalization
- Scalable business
Coming events
Event
LinkedIn as a sales tool – Online training
27.1.2025–12.2.2026
Want to get real sales and new customers from LinkedIn? Join our…
Event
Join GoGlo-mentoring
3.2.2025–2.6.2026
Do you have a business idea, career plans, or a desire to…
Event
Myynnin Kasvuvalmennus Kymenlaaksossa
3.3.–14.4.2026
Törkeää kilpailuetua modernin myynnin opein. Myynnin Kasvuvalmennus tarjoaa kymenlaaksolaisille yrityksille konkreettiset työkalut…
Facts
Project name:
Kymenlaakso GoGlo – Global Growth & Business Networks
Project duration:
1.11.2024–31.10.2027
Info
Lead partner:
South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences Xamk
Focus area:
Digital Economy
Research team:
Creative industries
Research centre:
Creative Industries
Impact goal:
Entrepreneurship and high added value
Budget
Financier and main source of funding:
Economic Development Centre of Southeast Finland | Co-funded by the European Union (ESR+)
Total budget:
582 939 euros
EU part of the total budget:
437 204 euros
Xamk part of the total budget:
145 735 euros
Keywords
Kymenlaakso
regional development
Past events
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Idea to Value workshop
11.11.2025
Do you have an idea and want to learn simple ways to…
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Business Megafoni – Uskalla uudistua yritysaamukahvit
7.11.2025
Tervetuloa Uskalla uudistua Business Megafonin yritysaamukahveille startup-kentän vaikuttaja Paavo Beckmanin kanssa pohtimaan…
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The Glow – Growth from innovation
7.11.2025
How to address future challenges through innovations!
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The Flops – growth stories of entrepreneurship
4.3.2025
This is not your typical success-story festival, but an honest, eye-opening, and…
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Lisää myyntiä referensseillä ja brändillä -myyntivalmennus
2.10.2025
Kehitä uusasiakashankintaasi ja kirkasta brändiäsi konkreettisessa myyntivalmennuksessa!
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Pitch Deck -workshop
14.8.2025
Learn to make a pitch deck that appeals to potential investors!
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Pitch your idea -event
20.8.2025
Rehearse your pitching skills in front of funders and experts and develop…
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Creator*ship workshop: Learn to pitch
8.5.2025
Learn to pitch your (business) ideas. Navigate through stage fright and get…
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Sales Pitch Mentoring
4.4.–11.4.2025
In this two-part mentoring event you will hear the basics of pitching,…
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GoGlo Idea: Passion to idea
29.4.2025
Unlock your creative potential and get ready to turn your passions into…
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Tule mukaan GoGlo-mentorointiin!
3.2.–2.6.2026
Kymenlaakso GoGlo -hankkeen asiantuntijat tarjoavat maksutonta mentorointia ja sparrausta – rennosti ja…
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IPR:llä bisnestä! mentorointi / Business with IPR mentoring
13.3.2025
IPR:llä bisnestä! webinaari 13.3.2025 klo 12:00 -12:30 (suomeksi) / Business with IPR webinar…
Event
Kymenlaakson kansainvälisin työnantaja -kilpailu 19.2.-13.4.2025
19.2.–13.4.2025
Kymenlaakson kansainvälisin työnantaja -kilpailussa etsitään kymenlaaksolaisia organisaatioita, jotka ovat onnistuneesti rekrytoineet, ottaneet…
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Kymenlaakson Innovaatiosymposium
4.12.2025
Kymenlaakson Innovaatiosymposiumissa juhlitaan alueen keksintöjä sekä keskustellaan tekoälyn roolista osana luovaa työtä.
Event
LinkedIn as a sales tool – Online training
27.1.2025–12.2.2026
Want to get real sales and new customers from LinkedIn? Join our…
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LinkedIn myynnin työkaluna -koulutus
18.11.–10.12.2025
Haluatko saada LinkedInistä aidosti myyntiä ja uusia asiakkaita? Tule mukaan verkkokoulutukseen, jossa…
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Myynnin Kasvuvalmennus Kymenlaaksossa
3.3.–14.4.2026
Törkeää kilpailuetua modernin myynnin opein. Myynnin Kasvuvalmennus tarjoaa kymenlaaksolaisille yrityksille konkreettiset työkalut…
Event
Passion to idea workshop
28.10.2025
Unlock your creative potential and get ready to turn your passions into…
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Tulevaisuusverstas 2025
24.4.2025
Tule mukaan verkostoitumaan ja kuulemaan näkökulmia tulevaisuuden osaajatarpeesta!